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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1913
Page
6
Fragmentary classified item mentions a personal advert, with garbled names and unclear dates. It references a private party, a residential street, and a salary or fee amount. No coherent details to identify person, place, or event.
Classified listings show a long row of help wanted positions and personal notices including bartenders chauffeurs clerical workers cooks janitors and domestic help. The ads emphasize race and age specifics with varied locations around Washington DC and surrounding areas, offering many positions from bookkeeping to chambermaid and child care.
Classified notices offer a multitude of private home roles including housework maid nurse seamstress laundress and general helper. Women advertise for positions in DC areas many specify color race and willingness to travel with numerous addresses and contact hints for employment in households or businesses.
A long list of help wanted notices from a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper shows many entries for female workers. Listings include waitresses, chambermaids, housemaids, nannies, and general housework with references to white and colored applicants. Locations span streets in Washington area with varied availability from mornings to evenings and daywork to full or part time.
A long OCR-style list details numerous furnished rooms for rent across Northwest and Southeast Washington. Entries note locations like 2148 F Street NW and nearby streets, with features such as private baths, electric heat, southern exposures, hot water, and proximity to Capitol Hill and car lines. Rates range from about $1 to $20 per month, with various amenities and single or shared accommodations.
Numerous ads for furnished rooms and board in NW Washington near White House Dupont Circle and Capitol area. Offers include single and double rooms with private baths, home cooking, and car-line proximity, with rates from weekly to monthly and various private-family arrangements. Names of streets and buildings appear with contact phones and brief descriptors.
Multiple listings across several streets offer furnished rooms on upper floors with hot water heat and porches. Prices range from monthly to weekly, some including board or bath use, with locations on Mase Ave NW Chapin St Len CHAPIN Mass Ave NE Corcoran St and surrounding blocks.
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